Google Chrome Browser Issues and Questions Thread

OK, I now understand it. And I also think it was the right decision, it's not about that. I simply wanted to explain why this Chrome topic is started under my name, eventhough I absolutely hate Crappy Chrome LOL.

It's about the small geeky things that Chrome simply misses. Of course "normal" users won't notice this stuff and that's why Chrome is the most popular browser. It's a great bare bones browser for the masses, but it's not so good for power users.

Are you kidding me, Vivaldi is pretty good, you should try it.

 

Okay, I understand, Rasheed.

 

What's the status of Chrome re: ad blockers? I recall a lot of talk about proposed changes in Chrome that limited ad blockers' capabilities. Has this been implimented or still upcoming? I've not seen any discussion for some time, so curious what the situation is.

 

I think they are still planning to implement this, but others like Vivaldi, Brave and Opera for example can simply block it from what I understood. On the other hand, they are all based on Chromium, so I wonder how they will block this.

 

manifest v3 is still not valid, so have fun using ad blockers.

 

This is another sandbox escape in Chrome, just a reminder that it's always a good idea to protect Chromium based browsers with anti-exploit and perhaps a third party sandbox like Sandboxie.

https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-sandbox-escape-vulnerability-earns-researchers-20000

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies I have a couple of policies in chrome and it looks like the new edge. Maybe that is why that both show that they are managed by your organization.

 

https://superuser.com/questions/816902/how-to-remove-chrome-policies/817056

 

To clarify, an app like SpywareBlaster also makes use of Chrome policies in order to block third party cookies and malicious websites.

 

I noticed a thing in my Chrome Task Manager called "Spare Renderer" next to a puzzle icon.

 

Google Chrome and Edge are creating random debug.log log files
October 18, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-edge-are-creating-random-debuglog-log-files/

 

Chrome has very high CPU and very high Memory on some sites for me and then i get a aw snap message that says the site is not responding. Is it me or anyone else having the same problem lately. One site is lifeextension.com that chrome can't deal with.

 

I've just tried this site, and no problems here.

 

That site gets up to 2 Gig of Ram as the only tab in use for me. On the bottom left of screen it shows ... Waiting for lifeextension.com but it never loads the page and stops waiting.

 

The site you mentioned that Chrome "can't deal with" opens fine for me with Chrome. One thought... have you ever tried reinstalling Chrome? I used to reinstall it periodically when Windows Updates would mysteriously change all my desktop icons. Reinstalling not only put the icons back correctly, but I always felt like the browser ran faster/better. Like a tune up of sorts.

 

I reinstalled Chrome just before i posted here about it. When i uninstalled, it asked me if i wanted to blow away all the data also. I kept the data because i was going to install it again. Maybe the data has something to do with it.

 

When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube
October 19, 2020
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/19/google_cookie_wipe

Techspot: Chrome privacy 'bug' clears website data and cookies except for Google-owned websites

 

There's another thing you might like to try: in the advanced settings of Chrome, the last section 'Reset and cleanup' could make a difference, although if I were you I would make an image first just in case some undesirable results might occur. Have you tried with another browser, the new MS Edge for example?

 

More prove that Crappy Chrome can't be trusted.

 

How to hide the extension icon (jigsaw) in Google Chrome
November 27, 2020
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/27/how-to-hide-the-extension-icon-jigsaw-in-google-chrome/

 

Nope, didn't work for me, could someone else try please to see what happens?? Maybe I did something wrong.

 

Didn't work for me, either.

 

one success story: the extension icon is gone...
adding of --disable-features=ExtensionsToolbarMenu seems to work (at least for me )

 

Leave a space before the command
chrome.exe --profile-directory=Default --disable-features=ExtensionsToolbarMenu

 

does anybody know a working alternative to "#ntp-dismiss-promos" flag?